Congratulations to the 3 MCPS Seniors who are Intel/Regeneron finalists
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The Regeneron (formerly known as Intel) science competition is the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science and math competition for high school seniors. This year 3 Maryland Seniors were named as finalists (there are a total of 40 finalists in the country). All three are from MCPS and all three are from Montgomery Blair SMAC.
Congratulations to them! https://student.societyforscience.org/regeneron-sts-2019-finalists |
Anonymous
| Warmly congrats! |
Anonymous
| Awesome!! |
Anonymous
| Congrats to the parents and advisors, ahem... |
Anonymous
| Well done!! Also congrats to the TC Williams and TJ finalists listed as well. What smart kids! |
Anonymous
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Dude, there is like 4 non-asian kids in that group. LOL
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Anonymous
| Only 1 from TJ?? Program that is x5 of Blair SMAC? Are you kidding me?? |
Anonymous
It's been that way for a while. There was an article about how something like 80% of the winners are children of immigrants (think HlB). 2015-16 winners: 
2014 winners: 
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Anonymous
| Congratulations to those being recognized. What an honor, and a credit to their schools and families. |
Anonymous
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This is an obvious achievement gap that MCPS is trying to close. The Blair kids are "Cai", "Qian", and "Schäffer"
I suggest someone complain to the Regeneron Science Talent Search that it should follow MCPS lead to close the achievement gap. |
Anonymous
| Congrats on all your hard work and doing well on Game Day!! |
Anonymous
| MCPS should stop allowing kids to enter contests..another way to get rid of gaps. |
Anonymous
| WTF on these posters claiming MCPS wants to “close the gap” on Asian Americans winning contests?! So mean spirited. Obviously everyone at MCPS is thrilled for these kids. Shame on you. |
Anonymous
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Not an OP. But...
It is evidence that MCPS was not happy that the 4th/5th grade HGCs were full of Asian Americans and not enough Hispanic and African Americans. That was (and is) the achievement gap that MCPS is trying to close by rename the HGC to CES and adding the cohort criteria. It is evidence that MCPS was not happy that the middle school magnet at Eastern and TPMS were full of Asian Americans and not enough Hispanic and African Americans. That was (and is) the achievement gap that MCPS is trying to close by adding the cohort criteria. Eventually, Blair SMAC selection criteria will be changed too to "close the achievement gap"... Eventually, there will be no more Regeneron Finalist from MCPS... |
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